womanhood

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Her unsteady ascent toward womanhood coincides, hysterically, with the theater company’s descent into chaos.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

For Collins, “Shirley Valentine” was more than just an ode to womanhood, self-love and self-discovery.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025

Her breezy, layered menswear in that film became a cultural touchstone, symbolizing a new kind of womanhood — intellectual, self-assured and a little eccentric.

From Salon • Oct. 11, 2025

Out on Friday, A Complicated Woman is an attempt to capture womanhood in all its complexities and contradictions – and that means moving through musical genres, modes and attitudes with almost whiplash-inducing speed.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2025

Her daughters had grown up: Johanna was twenty-three and Dorothea thirteen, which at the time was considered the brink of womanhood.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman